Rule 116 Notice of filing of account
Rule Text
(a) Form of notice. The notice prescribed by D.C. Code § 20-721, which may be mailed or delivered to all interested persons in lieu of a copy of an account, shall be the following form: SUPERIOR COURT OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA PROBATE DIVISION Estate of: ) ) Admin. No. ................... ) NOTICE TO INTERESTED PERSONS OF FILING AN ACCOUNT ................... account of (First and Final, Second, etc.) Personal Representative (address of personal representative) For the period beginning ...................., 20......... and ending ...................., 20..... To: ............................. ............................. NOTICE is hereby given that I, the personal representative of the above estate, will file an account with the Court at the Office of the Register of Wills on or after ......... (5 days prior to the last date for filing) and on or before .......... As an interested person, you are entitled to file exceptions or objections to this account within 30 days of the filing of the account with the Court. Written exceptions or objections may be filed at the Office of the Register of Wills, 500 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20001. The account will be available for inspection and a copy of same may be purchased at that Office. A copy of any exception or objection must be mailed or delivered to the personal representative. Name, address and telephone number of personal representative: Dated: ..............
(b) Time of filing of account. If the personal representative gives notice to interested persons of the filing of an account pursuant to D.C. Code § 20-721, the account may not be filed earlier than 5 days preceding the last date set forth in the notice for the filing of such account.
(c) D.C. Code § 47-3716 finding. The Court may make the District of Columbia estate transfer tax finding required by D.C. Code § 47-3716 with respect to the estates of decedents dying after March 31, 1987.
(i) Upon the filing of a certificate of the District of Columbia Department of Finance and Revenue that the District of Columbia estate transfer tax has been fully discharged or provided for or that no such tax is due, or
(ii) Upon certification by the personal representative that the personal representative is not required to file a federal estate tax return.